Actress

'Masoom' was like a picnic for all of us. We kids just wanted to have fun acting in the film. We never realised when the film was completed. When we did, we realised the party was over.

A person is big if his work is big.

We don't celebrate birthdays in our family; the money was always given towards social causes.

I like my work to speak. Actually, I would like my work to scream!

I don't like cooking and don't cook until I am forced to. Then I expect everyone around to appreciate what I dish out.

Though I am associated in the public mind with glamorous songs and dances, my appearance in 'Company' is in no way glamorous. Rather than rely on my body language, the number zooms in on my facial expressions.

Yes, I'm dangerous. But only in my movies!

In Hindi films, there is a definite slot for every character and situation.

I am a complete Aquarian, a total romantic.

A man who does not approach me because of my screen image or is intimidated by me is probably not being worth approached by.

There's a lot of scope for performing in masala movies.

I don't think about how many times how many heroines have said 'I love you' to how many heroes on screen and that I am also doing the same. It is how differently I can say the same thing in my own style or how I can bring a new element into it.

I have never shied away from experimental roles.

I like Meryl Streep and Jodie Foster. Among Indian actress, I prefer Madhubala and Nutan.

My father was a banker, and my mother worked for the state government.

I never considered politics as an option, not ever.

There was a place I visited in Lahore that felt to me like old Delhi, and I'm sure Pakistanis who come from Lahore to Delhi feel the same.

I would like to do films where I will be remembered after people leave the theatres.

I was on stage from an early age. It always felt to me like something I was born to do.

Nobody can link the success of a movie with a particular artiste.